The Sentence
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
comes home
drunk
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
falls down
the stairs
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
forgets
we’re only kids
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
remembers
his dad’s leather belt
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
sees his
dad coming home from work
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
gets a
helpless feeling
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
is unable
to forgive himself
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
looks over
my shoulder
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
sees me working
on a spreadsheet
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
sits behind
me in the conference room
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
meets with
my boss
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
begins to
understand
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
let’s go of
my arm
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
leaves his
things behind
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
drifts to
the outskirts of town
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
becomes
harder to recall
and smashes up our
only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
is almost
entirely forgotten
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
settles
into the past
and smashes up our only TV.
Every day my mother’s boyfriend
is
there waiting for me
and smashes up our only TV.
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